under fire

Chapter 1040 Staff Liu Eighteen

On the ridge.

Hu Yi crouched behind the rocks on the north side of the ridge, holding up his binoculars to carefully observe the situation in the north valley.

The booming of the southern guns has been going on since daybreak.

The enemy is still attacking the friendly defense zone.

The sentinel lying next to Hu Yi pointed to the undulating peaks extending to the lower valley: "The devils under the mountain ridge seem to be gathering, and the enemy may have signs of attacking the mountain!"

"Just watch out for small groups of devils that may appear." Hu Yi didn't explain more to the sentinel, got up and walked back with his back bowed.

The devils are short of troops, and it is unlikely to attack the mountain by force.

If there were no planes and artillery bombardment, the Ninth Battalion would have dared to confront him face to face even if a brigade of devils came up from the north with the help of such terrain.

If there are devil planes bombing and strafing, it depends on luck.

Climb up a cliff on the mountain ridge about 300 meters away from the guard post.

The height difference of the cliff is nearly ten meters, and Tian Sanqi is leading the soldiers busy moving stones on the high cliff.

It is planned to use the terrain to establish blocking fortifications.

If the devil infantry wants to attack the mountain ridge, they will definitely choose the north!

Be prepared.

Besides, now that you are surrounded by the enemy, once you are free, you will definitely think wildly.

Tian Sanqi followed Hu Yi, walking slowly along the edge of the cliff, almost all the soldiers beside him looked expectantly, hoping to be praised by the battalion commander.

Then, they were disappointed.

Hu Yi just nodded slightly.

He told Tian Sanqi to set up a few more machine gun positions, but didn't tell Tian Sanqi more, and turned to go back.

After walking a few steps, the correspondent trotted over from the mountain ridge: "Report to the battalion commander, the devils in the south have begun to deploy artillery, and there is a possibility of shelling up the mountain. Company commander Li said, please don't worry, battalion commander, the terrain over there is very dangerous. Devils will never come up."

Tian Sanqi continued to deploy defenses on the northern cliff.

See Hu Yi back to the camp.

Wang Xiaosan and Luo Fugui leaned over one after another and murmured: "Boss Hu, arrange for the sentinels in the west to report, the devils down the mountain have not moved for the time being!"

After dawn, Wang Xiaosan took over the task of defending Tian Sanqi against the devils in the canyon at night, and hurriedly reported: "Battle Commander, the devils in the east canyon haven't moved at all."

The little devil was bombarded by Li Xiang last night, but he didn't move all night. Hu Yi said calmly: "Go and have a look."

The mountain ridge was not bombarded by the devils, because the devil had ordered the shelling of the mountain ridge at night. However, the artillery observers could not give the target parameters at all.

The devils seem to be camping in the canyon.
Hu Yi changed from morning to noon.

Time is passing slowly.

Hu Yi suddenly felt like his days were like years.

The devils in the three directions of east, south and west are very difficult to fight.

If the devils attack, they can only attack from the north along the gentle slope.

The terrain in the mountainous area is complex, and even if there are many devils, the devils cannot form an offensive formation.

With the pissing nature of the devil, he will definitely clear the way with artillery fire.

But it is not that easy for the little devil to fight up easily, and the price paid by the Ninth Battalion to defend the northern line of defense will definitely not be small.

The devils in both the north and the south made movements. It seemed that the devils did not intend to give Jiuying more time.

Now, we can only spend time with the devils until the reinforcements that the superiors may arrange arrive.

boom.
Da da da.
boom.
Suddenly, dense gunshots and explosions were faintly heard from the eastern valley.

It was not obvious mixed with the rumbling guns that sounded from time to time in the south.

Hu Yi, who was standing on the edge of the cliff, took a closer look with his binoculars.

It was too far away to see, and the sound of gunfire and explosions could not be heard clearly.

I pricked up my ears and listened carefully for a while, but the sound of gunshots and explosions quickly disappeared.

"Report, smoke is rising from the east side of the canyon, there should be a small-scale battle over there"

Hu Yi frowned, and told the nearby guard post: "Continue to observe."

After half an hour.

Intensive gunshots came from the eastern valley again, and the gunshots lasted even shorter.

However, this time, no explosion was heard.

The observer stooped and ran to Hu Yi's side: "Report, there is movement from the devils in the valley. A squadron of devils has gone to the east of the valley."

"keep an eye on."

Another half hour passed.

Midday.

The sun in the mountains shone on the body standing in the mountain wind, and it didn't seem to feel much heat.

Faintly, a voice with a familiar rhythm seemed to ring in my ears.

Hu Yi thought it was an illusion, so he quickly pricked up his ears and listened carefully.

He raised the binoculars again.

That's right.

A familiar and passionate melody faintly spread in the canyon.
Too familiar, it is "March of the Eighth Route Army"!
I heard from Park Buhuan that this song was written by his compatriot, a young man surnamed Zheng!

When studying at the Anti-Japanese University, the students sang it every day.

Although every time, he just opened his mouth to put on a show.

But hearing the singing that is loud enough to wake up the mountains and valleys, I still can't help but feel a little excited.

Listen quietly, the singing has been echoing in the valley.

The distance is too far to hear clearly, and the telescope lens keeps moving, but I still can't find where the sound comes from.

Big Dog and Crazy Yang, Wang Yinzhi and the others stand out!
It is very likely that he has already joined Ma Liang!

It's reinforcements!
But why are they singing?

Do you want to break through now?

The terrain of the mountains determines that no matter which side it is for, it is good for defense, but not good for offense!

Breaking out from the encirclement of a large number of devils who are preparing to attack in broad daylight is purely courting death!

Moreover, even if the superior arranges a team to help, it is impossible to be so fast.

The original plan was to break out at night.

What is the meaning of this trouble now?
Halfway up the mountain.

The mountain road is difficult.

Because of the mules and horses, the speed of the team was not fast.

Fortunately, the team that stayed on the ridge and heard the gunshots in the valley finally arrived.

The devils chasing after him were still at least two miles away, so there was finally no need to worry.

But Liu Manhe looked up and looked not far ahead: two fighters from the guerrilla brigade were taking over the stretcher carrying Crazy Yang.

He suddenly turned his head and asked Ma Liang who was walking with Captain Qin: "You mean, Crazy Yang has only been in your Ninth Battalion for four days?"

Ma Liang nodded: "That's right."

Liu Manhe looked serious: "As a grassroots commander, don't you know the review process?"

Ma Liang's face darkened: "I know, but in this situation, we don't have that much time to investigate his background."

"Take a wounded man covered in bandages to the battlefield, do you think there is no one in our secret service?"

"He suffered minor injuries"

"Have you ever wondered what if he was a spy?"

"If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have found the spies who pretended to be friendly troops and sneaked into the Ninth Battalion."

"In any case, the origin of this person is unknown, and we must investigate clearly, otherwise, you will send him two oceans and ask him to leave voluntarily."

Ma Liang did not agree: "Don't forget, the superior welcomes all teams and individuals who are willing to fight against Japan."

"But what about people of unknown origin?"

Ma Liang was speechless: "I think you have a problem with him?"

Liu Manhe looked serious: "If he is really a spy of the enemy, it is entirely possible that he deliberately killed devils in order to sneak into our team!"

"You have a really rich imagination."

"You are not old or young, dare to talk to me like this?"

Ma Liang suddenly realized: "You want to get him away?"

"Oh, how can I be so shameless? The person I want, just give our independent group a transfer order?"

Seeing that the staff officer was speechless, Ma Liang smiled: "Hehe, it's a pity that he is not from our Ninth Battalion, so he can't give orders. Right?"

Liu Manhe rolled his eyes, and he didn't have the serious look of a staff officer: "Hey, you still have the face to talk to me about the Nine Battalions? In our Eighth Route Army, which team has nine battalions? Is your regiment leader Lu out of his mind? If there is a problem, why did you arrange a nine battalion?"

"This expansion, we should have been the fourth battalion, but the situation of the independent regiment is complicated. In addition to the Water Conservancy Self-Defense Regiment, there is also the Autumn Wind Guerrilla Brigade."

"The Autumn Wind Guerrilla Brigade is a divisional unit. When did it belong to your independent regiment?" Liu Manhe seemed to be thinking about it. After a while, he seemed to think of something: "The Water Conservancy Self-Defense Corps seems to be a group of bandits that the supplementary regiment is preparing to recruit, okay?" Your independent group is really good, anyone dares to accept it!"

Ma Liang was a little embarrassed, and explained: "The independent regiment's defense area was originally at the junction of the mountains and plains."

"That's right, I don't bother to listen to your nonsense." Liu Manhe saw that he couldn't get the one surnamed Yang, so he lowered his voice directly: "Can you tell me how to find out the one who advanced in the devil's team?"

"I don't know about that either." Ma Liang understood that the biggest obsession in this man's heart was to take action against the advance team: "I said, our task now is to lure the devils away, meet the Ninth Battalion to break through, and fight the advance team. We will talk about it next step .”

"Why don't you kill the devils who are following you first and collect some interest?" As a staff member of the Secret Service, speaking in such a deliberative tone gave Ma Liang enough face.

Ma Liang didn't take it seriously at all: "I said Staff Officer Liu, is the devil so easy to fight? Don't be so naive, okay?"

"Childish? My surname is Ma, how dare you look down on me?" Liu Manhe suddenly became angry.

Captain Qin, who had been listening to the two whispering, suddenly coughed twice, and by covering his mouth, he murmured to remind Ma Liang: "Staff Liu is just this year."

(End of this chapter)